Research Group

Research Interests

I am interested in a wide range of topics in ecology and conservation, with particular experience of climate change and the ecology of birds and urban areas. I am passionate about ensuring that conservation interventions are based on evidence, and that their outcomes are monitored. I currently work as part of Bill Sutherland's group; my roles include organising the annual horizon scan of global issues for conservation, and acting as managing editor of the journal Conservation Evidence.

Previously I worked as a research ecologist for the British Trust for Ornithology, and was involved in projects investigating the impacts of climate change on natural populations and factors affecting long-distance migrant birds. Before that I worked for the RSPB, running a project investigating the causes of the decline of the urban house sparrow population in London.

Ockendon, N., Griffith, S.C., & Burke, T. (2009). Extrapair paternity in an insular population of house sparrows after the experimental introduction of individuals from the mainland. Behavioral Ecology20, 305-312.

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